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Bottom of all of this. mike? >> reporter: in that exclusive interview, attorney general william barr spoke about his desire to get to the bottom of how that whole russia investigation got started. >> no one's really looked at it. i think there's a misconception out there that we know a lot about what happened. the fact of the matter is bob mueller did not look at the government's activities. he was looking at the -- whether or not the trump campaign had conspired with the russians. but he was not going back and looking at the counterintelligence program. >> reporter: the attorney general also ...

Let's talk about the term black identity extremists. where does it come from and what is the myth about the concrete ideology behind it? >> it does not exist, this is an attempt by the jeff sessions justice department together with the fbi under a trump administration to reinstate the counterintelligence program that was begun in the 1950s. to target at that time communist folks. eventually they targeted martin luther king and also were responsible for killing folks like fred hampton and other members of the black panther party. this is not a thing that exists and it's deeply troubling in a se...

Respond to a request for comment, john. >> if u.s. intelligence knows or believes there are more russian agents here in the united states and more active than before, why aren't they trying to stop it? >> well, you know, even after the meddling in the 2016 u.s. elections, both the obama and trump administrations have been slow to take measures to respond to the intelligence threat, according to current and former u.s. officials. partisan political disagreements over the russian activity and president donald trump's reluctance to accept intelligence conclusions about russia's meddling in the el...

Meet with president trump. we heard him come out today and say he plans to make a pick soon. that could happen before this foreign overseas trip by the end of the week. but let me ask you about other reporting. you talked to sources inside the fbi and the agency. they tell you they are worried about the russian investigation, why? >> so the biggest issue i think for agents and staffers, analysts who work counterintelligence at the fbi. for many years it has been a new priority. a new director working under this department of justice which seems to have different priorities could come in and sa...

Sacrificed at the alter of national security. >> and in terms of the balance. in terms of tracking -- >> he kind of alluded to -- counterintelligence program under jay edgar hoover to literally stop the rise of a black messiah. that's the language you found in those documents. it is true that that when the president raidsed those issues, it should let everybody know it is legitimate. it is right to probe into this issue. you're not soft on security if you're really concerned about secrecy and government and privacy. >> president commented on congress to create this panel of experts to advice t...